conjugation vs mating

conjugation and mating both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
conjugation	Yes	No	No	No
mating	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, conjugation and mating are synonyms defined as:

conjugation and mating: the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes

Other synonyms of conjugation include coupling, pairing, sexual union, union.

conjugation (noun)	mating (noun)
the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes	the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
the act of making or becoming a single unit
a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms
the complete set of inflected forms of a verb
the inflection of verbs
the state of being joined together